Cider mill



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L. E. SMITH CIDER MILL Filed Jan. ll 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor v. Atfy.

Patented .l une 5, 1 923.

'we ST1 LUTHER` `EnwIN sMITE, 0E sH'ELBu ENE EALLs, lIiIAsfsAcrIUsE'Jrrfs, A ssIGNoE".ory ONE- Q, THIRD To cLIEToN E. DAVENPORT ANnoNE-TIIIED TogroHN cs IIoEEMaN'EoTII 0E NEW BRITAIN, coNNECTIcUT.y

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` Applicafim iiedlranuaryl'i, 1922. serial No. 523,380.V l

T0 @ZZ wiom it may "concern: l j d Be it known that I, LUTHER EDWIN SMITH, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Shelburne Falls, inthe county of-Franllin and State of Massachusetts, have invented Certainl new and useful Improvements in Cider Mills, of which the following4 is a specification.

/ My invention relates to improvements in cider mills, andthe object of *myli'm'provement is to producevafpowerdriven cider mill that is continuous Q in operation, 4involving 'the use of a `combination of pressure-rolls and endless belts, wherein the ground apples "are-delivered to saidbeltsf and rolls to be `operated upon, the ciderbeing 'forced out by reason of pressure due to the rolls and collected in a' suitable trough, and theV po1nace is 'delivered `away from' said rolls by 'means of saidbelts and deposited outwardly Vbeyond the trough andjawayfroni-the op# erating mechanism, the' ciderl being drawn off from the troughl fin` any vconvenient mannery for being filtered-in the 4usual,manneny larged scale of the spreader and adjacent parts.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a structure adapted to operate upon apples `previously ground and involving the use of a feeding device in lieu of the grlnder as used -1n the and on.

vform shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the scale of said figures. v

Figure 6 is a sectional view of part of the driving mechanism on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, on an enlarged sca-le. v

Figure7 is a fragmentary planiview of the middle part- 0f the structure, showing the rolls, and also parts of the folding or mold boards.

Figure 8 is a sectional `view on the `line 8 8 of Fig. 3. My improved older mill comprises an elongated trough l0 which may be support- A ed on a pair of horses 11 and/which has a `pair of guide pulleys 12 operatively mounted one at each end, an endless belt 13 `ascanvas.1. v y w` |lhe rolls2ta and 2 4", constituting the firsty pair, run freely' and arerotated merely by" contact with the belts. yThe lower .roll has apcylindrical body y31 that is perforated andis bordered? at each end `by a. disc'that is of Q suitable porous" i fabric, such as "burlap,

pulleys 12.

A5,5 i' i being operatively supported said 'guide At the-inner o rsupply lend of saidltro'ugh ground apples tothe belt`13.-x i

Fositionedlin front ofthe-grindingdevice 14' and 'opposed tofandabo've thea-belt `13 fis a spreader`17`inf the form of `a `"star wheel made of lcrossed armsf 18'J for fspre'adking thematerial evenlygoyer .the surface of the belt 13,;be-ing operatively supported for .i

lrotation by means jof a vertical vshaft l`9.

H Outward from'L the spreaderg' 1 7 is' a pair of foldingmoldboards 20,-o`nefon feachside of the belt 13, `for turningthe edgefporedgeporti'o'ns22 of the yupper belt`23.

@Outward from the mold-boards 20fi`sa set of rolls',arrangedin` pairs and' one above the other,-the "lo-wer roll of each pair" being housed withinthef upperfand lower? reaehe's'; Of the lower belt113and thev upper roll be-l the upper belt 23.v

lower? r'ollj 24? and the f upper roll24lnf i lower roll 26a and the upper roll 26".

ing similarly housed between vthe reaches i of vtions 21 thereof inwardly over the adjacent *N* The different' rollsfdiifer in details, vvas b will bezdeseribed. f n Outwardfrom the rolls is theunfolding mold board 27 that servesftoo'pen out the edges of thelower belt 13-so`that it passes tothe outer condition. l.

`Perforated boards 28. may befprovided under the.` major portion ofthe upper reach -29 of the lower belt 13 onve'achsideof the rolls kso as to 1 serve 'as ageneral support v therefor and prevent sagging.

lThe upper belt 23 is .supported by guide-,m11 12 in the fuuyoppen rolls 30 at the ends- `The material used for said upper belt'is an impervious fabric, such 'channel foradmitting the composite structurey composed' ofthe two belts 13 and 23.

with the edges of the former folded over the,

, latter as described, and a layer of the mate rial tok be operated upon between the body portions of the belts.v

The upper roll 24J of the first pair has a plain body 33 and is provided with end discs 34e-that are smaller vthan the roll body 33 in diameter to provide clearance for the flanges 32 and permit the roll body 83 to lenter-the channel between said flanges 52.

' The Asecond and third pairs of rolls are all power driven,v the'character 35 designating generally a set of gear wheels for effecting the proper rotation thereofyand which comprises'a suitable idler gear 36 for maintainingthe proper direction of revolution of the gears comprising said set. l

The rolls 25a and 25h of the second set are plain Awooden rolls.v Y

The rolls 26a and Qb constituting` the third set have plain bodies but have the peripheries covered with a suitable fabric 37, suc-h asi burlap.

Anysuitable means may be provided for permitting of adjusting the rolls and changing the separating space between the opposed faces Vand for resiliently applying -pressu-re to the upper roll of each pair.

The shaft 16 for the grinder 14 may be .used asv-the driving shaft, the power belt beingV applied to the pulley 38 on one end thereof.

Y `The pulley 39 for the transmissionfbelt may beat theother end of said shaft 16 and lthe shaft tOfor the upper 11011261 may have the pulley l1 for being driven by said belt.

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belt may be used forrotating the spreader 17 through the medium of the horizontal shaft 43 on which said pulley 42 is mounted and a pair of bevel gears ldgfor operatively connecting said horizontal shaft d8' andthe vertical shaft 19 that supports thev star- `end thereof a vworm shaft 49 having the worm 50.' The worm gearl driven by said worm 30 is mounted on the shaft 52V on which is also mounted the upper third roll The spreader 17a having the spider arms is mounted on the kvertical shaft19a Aand is driven from the worm shaft lby means of a belt 53 and suitable pulleys. f Y

The representations of the grinder 14 an i the feeder ers merely conventional and the choice as to which of these devices is used depends upon the practice that is to be a' followed in producing the cider. Both feed ground apples to the belt.

I claim as my `inventionzf- In a. cider millhaving an elongated trough and endless belt structuresand a setof rolls 1 associated with saidj trough, said belt structures comprising the combination of a wide lower belt and an upper 'belt-that covers the middle and major portion of said lower belt in the active cooperating position, means on f* the receiving sidev ofsaid rolls for turning the edges of saidflower belt overv theedges of said upper belt and means on the delivery side of said rolls for openingout said turned edges. y

LUTHER'EDWIN SMITH.'

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